Alumni and community activities span Wiscasset and local towns
The piece reports on the 46th annual Wiscasset Academy Alumni meeting at Masonic Hall with remarks by John F. Jackson and Linwood E. Palmer, noting graduates honored and the Red and Black yearbook release. It also lists auxiliary meetings, Red Cross notes, baptisms, church services, personal items, graduations, and local civic events across Wiscasset, Bath, Brunswick, Newcastle, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Helen Haggett
Teresa Abbott
Nina Gavett
Legion Home
Harry Webster Boles Dies at Age 80 in Meadville Area
Harry Webster Boles died May 26. Born June 1866 in West Farmington Ohio, he spent boyhood in Meadville Pennsylvania and later moved to New York state to work for Balcom, whom he married his daughter. Survived by wife, sister, brother, two sons, six daughters, plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. one niece, Mrs. Grace Bidwell of Damariscotta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Webster Boles
West Farmington
Ohio
Meadville
Penn
New York State
Balcom
Grace Bidwell
Damariscotta
Memorial Day Observances And Local News In Bridge Academy
Dresden American Legion members from Richmond conducted rites at local cemeteries for Memorial Day. Prof Mitchell of Brunswick, formerly Bowdoin English instructor, visited Bridge Academy. Commencement at Bridge Academy set for June 12 with five boys and five girls graduating. Field Day and baseball events planned. public invited. The continuous note mentions U.S. senators averaging over 56 years in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Richmond
John Mayers
Gardiner
Benjamin Wentworth
Wilmott Mitchell
Brunswick
Bridge Academy
Mitchell
Bowdoin College
Harry Hunter
Arlington
Mass
Stanwood Gilman
Sebasco Estates
Stamford
Augusta
Laurence Gahan
Portland
Cora Gahan
Masonic
West Bath P T A chatter and local gossips remembered
Notes from West Bath including P T A activities, social chatter, and small community events. Mentions Elaine Mitchell, Pauline Belanger, and Vi Chappell in a 2 1 1 score victory over Sim Gerry Barter. Also lists weekend visits, relatives, and Memorial Day gatherings across Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath P. T. A. Wis
Vi Chappell
Sim Gerry Barter
Elaine Mitchell
Pauline Belanger
Eight O Clock Club Social at Tarbox Street
The Eight O Clock club met at Mrs. John Gallagher’s Tarbox street home for an evening of knitting and social chatting. Refreshments were served, with members Mrs. Byron Hammond Mrs. Henry Middleton Miss Eleanor Bourget Mrs. Lovell Staples Jr Mrs. Joseph Vaillancourt Mrs. Geo Bourget and the hostess present. The next meeting is set for Mrs. Henry Middleton’s home 44 Park street on Tuesday evening June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gallagher
Tarbox Street
Byron Hammond
Henry Middleton
Eleanor Bourget
Lovell Staples, Jr
Joseph Vaillancourt
Geo Bourget
Park Street
Local church events and community notes in Woolwich and Nequasset
A schedule of services and programs across Woolwich and Nequasset includes Woolwich Grammar School graduation at the enter Baptist church on Thursday June 2 at 8 pm. Services at Woolwich-Wiscasset Baptist church Sunday at 1 pm. First Congregational Church Nequasset hosts Sunday school at 9 30 and service at 10 30 am with Rev. Lowell W. Milliken on the topic We Are Our Brother's. Cantional church officers meet Friday at 7 30 pm. 4 H club boys gather at the parsonage Saturday at 10 am. No Intermediate Christian Endeavor this week while Senior Endeavor meets Day's Ferry Sunday 5 to 7 pm. Woolwich PTA meets Nequasset schoolhouse with Mrs John Robbins presiding and Mrs Alice Galvin and Mrs Hazel Hopkins contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikene Giphee
Sulao
Leslie A. Sullivan
Poa
Bath
Brunswick
Ford
East Bridgewater
Mass
California
Garrison Hill
Wiscasset
American Red Cross
St. Philip’s Church
Charities S. Sewall
Eugene McGrath
Willie Lou Harvey
Edwin Moulton
Cambridge
Arthur Jones
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Congregational Church
Robert H. Heigham
Mason Plant
Birch Point
Norfolk
Donald LeRoy Nehrenberg
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City
S. D
Nehrenberg
Margaret Laine
Charles Hendrickson
West Anna
Josephine Plumstead
Portland
BPW Club
Cora Beane
Augusta
Hawthorne
Adah
Gertrude V. Myer
Jack
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Federal Street
Ivan Sanborn
Winchester
Raymond Sherman
Sherman
Kathryn Perkins
Kate Perkins
Charles J. Pugh
Pennsylvania
Samuel J. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Edward Thompson
U.S. N
Quonset Na Air Station
Rhode Island
Henry Henderson
Winthrop
Lynnfield
Brigham's
H. A. Owen
Sabine
de Babbidge
Fivelands
Clifton Babbidge
Belfast
Lawrence Burnham
Portsmouth
N. H
Irving Burnham
Frank Booker
Mayland Booker
Maine General Hospital
Arvid
David Magno
Alpha Booker
Dorothy Williams
New York
Ruth Austin
Ohio
Jeanette Williams
Betty Hilliard
Boston
Elmer Williams
Arthur Holbrook
Clarence Holbrook
Freeport
Percy Holbrook
Marshall Boudreau
Garrett Galvin
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Clement Yates
Danvers
Rosedale
Warren Davis
Arthur Davis
Port Clyde
Carl Graves
Larrabee’s
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
Lowell W. Milliken
Woolwich Pta
John Robbins
Alice Galvin
Hazel Hopkins
Memorial Day Observance in Woolwich 1948 Planned
Harold Stanton of Bath played patriotic accordion pieces and Merle Jameson sang The Vacant Chair at the Woolwich service. The first memorial service was at North Methodist church in 1902. Don ald Thwing stirred the observance. Mary Martha Muckler recited. reports from secretary both read. Rev. Lowell W. Milliken gave invocation and benediction. In 1948 Day's Ferry hosts the exercises with Howard Whittum, Herbert Munsey and Dora Kirkpatrick heading the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stanton
Bath
Merle Jameson
Woolwich
North Methodist Church
Donald Thwing
Mary Martha Muckler
Treasconn
Lowell W. Milliken
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
John M. Leon
Charlotte Thornton
Albert Temple
Day’s Ferry
Howard Whittum
Herbert Munsey
Dora Kirkpatrick
Local Social Notes Highlight Regional Visit List
A series of weekend visits and travels are reported. Edward Murphy returns from Dorchester after two weeks away. Guests include Guy Bussey of Sanford at Capt. and Mrs. Frank J. Walker’s home. Pamela and Cary Dunham of Dorchester accompany Mrs. Clifford Dunham. Cary Wieting and Wollaston residents plan a summer home stay. Dexter Robinson and Bartlett Smith plan motor trips to Colorado and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary
Freeport
Cary Wieting
Wollaston
Mass
Bartlett Smith
Colorado
California
Dexter Robinson
Bath Fuel Company Delivers to Morse at Birch Point
Bath Fuel Company delivered fuel to Alvah Morse at Birch Point along the Maine coast. The 32 foot yacht listed at eight foot beam is noted as part of a growing local fleet serving the Yacht Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Gates Bath Fuel Company
Alvah Morse
Eaeence
Birch Point
Maine
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Linwood E. Palmer
S. J. Sewall
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James P. Bailey
Fred Watermann
Louise J. Blagdon
Henry C
Fred W. Blagdon
Arthur Rines
Resulu
Charless. Sewall
Ray Dalton
Ruth Jackson
Polly Jackson
Barbara Stanier
Frances Huber
Stanley Dalton
Helen Petrie
Marcia Erskine
Wiltberta Nichols
Evelyn Gorham
Richard
Egbert M. Sewall
Providence, R. I
Bradford C. Redonnett
Mary Glad
Holyoke
Sgt
Benjamin F. Webber
John L. Blagdon
Waldoboro
Round Pond
William H. Burton
Marco Club
Josephine N. Tucker
Adessa Boudin
North Edgecomb
Ernest Marsh
Sheepscott
Ira G. Redonnett
B. C. Redonnett
Hodge Street
Dresden
U. S
P. Ballantine & Sons
Newark, N. J
John Perkins
Lynn
Carl Prescott
Prescott
Regis
O.E.S
Eec
Perkins
Central Hotel
Alice F. Watson
Cambridge Rer
Harold Cutting
Lanchester
Serene Bertrand
Trafton Swain
York Village
Joseph Larrabee
Jean McMann
Monson
Ralph Dunton
Charles Small
Brigham's Ve
Frank Magno
George Booker
Eight O’clock Club
Woolwich Grammar School
Enter Baptist Church
Woolwich-Wiscasset Baptist Church
Allstate
Durawall
Harmony House
Sainte
Center Street
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